Michela Alioto-Pier

Michela Alioto-Pier (29 April 1968-) was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district (D) from 8 January 2004 to 8 January 2011, succeeding Gavin Newsom and preceding Mark Farrell.

Biography
Michela Alioto-Pier was born in San Francisco, California in 1968, the granddaughter of former Mayor Joseph Alioto and the niece of President of the Board of Supervisors Angela Alioto. She became paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a ski lift, but she went on to work as an aide for Vice President Al Gore and ran for US Congress in 1996 and for California Secretary of State in 1998 and 2002, losing both times, despite strong campaigns. In 2004, however, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her to his old seat on the Board of Supervisors, and she passed a family leave policy for San Francisco officials. In 2010, she was defeated for re-election by Mark Farrell.